Curfew

In The Sims 4: Parenthood, parents can choose when a family's curfew begins on the bulletin board, with the available options being 7:00 PM, 9:00 PM, or 11:00 PM. On the bulletin board is a clock that will change its color depending on how close the curfew time is. Yellow indicates that children and teens are clear from curfew, orange indicates that it's almost curfew, and red meaning that it's past curfew. Curfew lasts until 6:00 AM the next day. Adults can also completely remove curfew, but cannot do so when it's in effect.

If a child or teen is not at their home lot around 20 minutes before the curfew starts, one of their caregivers will send them a text to come back home. The child can ignore this warning without any consequences unless the player does so.

If a Sim breaks curfew, their responsibility character value will gradually decrease. Their social interactions also become stealthy, though there is no change in gameplay. If the Sim gets caught, the parent will have the choice on if, when, and how to confront the violator. There are no police NPCs to take Sims back home.